Problem Solving the Spigot

Problem

Possible Solution

Why did this happen?

get_simple_data does not wait for the "startSpigot" command

Try typing "stopSpigot" a couple of time on earth, and then try again.

This happens because occasionally the stopSpigot simply isn't caught by the
spectrometer. Sometimes this is because you typed the stopSpigot command too
early (the spigot was still taking data). But the problem also occurs even
when you do everything correctly.

Spectra does not look like a bandpass

Try going back to step B, with the "set_manager_on('Spectrometer')" command.
Turn on the spectrometer manager and re-issue all the set-up commands.

This happens when the spectrometer gets confused about its state. This occurs
most often if you've forgotten to turn the spectrometer managet off before
issuing the "loadXilinx" command. But again it occasionally (rarely!) happens
without any error on the observers part.